2013 African Youth Athletics Championships

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I African Youth Athletics Championships
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Dates28–31 March
Host cityWarri, Nigeria
VenueWarri Township Stadium
LevelYouth
Events39
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The 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships were the first edition of the biennial athletics competition for African athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Warri, Nigeria, on 28–31 March. A total of 40 events were originally scheduled but only 36 went ahead, 17 for boys and 19 for girls.[1]

The Warri Township Stadium in Nigeria's Delta State, underwent significant renovation for the competition. The stadium was expanded to accommodate an international standard track and field and the installation of a Timetronics EDM (Electronic Distance Measurement) system was the first of its kind in the country. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the Delta State Governor, urged further use of the stadium for national and international events, as well as underlining the importance of good facilities to assist future generations of Nigerian athletes to attain an elite standard.[2][3]

The girls' pole vault competition was cancelled as there were only two entrants and the walk events were rescheduled to take place as road, instead of track, events.[4] The South African delegation was absent due to a lack of funds to attend to the event.[5] The boys' hammer throw, 400 metres hurdles and pole vault were not contested despite some entries.[6]

Nigeria topped the medals table with twelve gold medals and 33 medals overall (after doping disqualifications). The next most successful countries were Egypt (eight golds and 16 in total) and Ethiopia (26 medals, seven of them gold). Kenya placed fourth with five golds and eleven medals. Sixteen nations reached the medal table. Egyptian discus thrower was the first ever gold medallist of the championships. Nigeria was dominant in the sprint events, while Egypt performed best in the throwing events.[7]

Divine Oduduru and of Nigeria completed 100/200 metres sprint doubles in the boys' and girls' sections, respectively. Kenyan Robert Biwott claimed both boys' middle-distance titles. His teammates and achieved the same feat of winning the steeplechase and being runner-up in the 3000 metres. Egypt had the top two places in the boys' shot put and discus events as Mohamed Magdi Hamza and gained a gold and a silver each. won an unusual medal combination by taking bronze in the high jump and triple jump disciplines.[7]

Several athletes at the competition went on to win medals at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics held that July. Biwott won the world 1500 m youth title, Hamza was a shot put bronze medallist and won the world youth steeplechase silver medal.

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Divine Oduduru (NGR) 10.62   (ETH) 10.86   (NGR) 10.87
200 metres  Divine Oduduru (NGR) 21.56   (ETH) 21.90   (NGR) 22.03
400 metres   (GAM) 47.39   (ETH) 47.75   (NGR) 47.89
800 metres  Robert Biwott (KEN) 1:47.01   (ERI) 1:47.89   (KEN) 1:49.82
1500 metres  Robert Biwott (KEN) 3:41.96   (ETH) 3:43.84   (ERI) 3:44.29
3000 metres   (ERI) 8:17.28   (KEN) 8:17.85   (KEN) 8:18.19
110 metres hurdles   (NGR) 14.00   (NGR) 14.12  Creve Machava (MOZ) 14.31
2000 metres steeplechase   (KEN) 5:42.18   (ETH) 5:42.20   (ETH) 5:45.50
Medley relay  Gambia (GAM)
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 1:53.35  Ethiopia (ETH)



 1:54.31  Nigeria (NGR)

Divine Oduduru

 1:54.58
10 km walk   (ETH) 52:25.34   (ETH) 52:41.56   (MAR) 54:36.02
High jump   (ETH) 2.00 m   (ETH) 1.95 m   (NGR) 1.95 m
Long jump   (NGR) 6.91 m   (ETH) 6.85 m   (NGR) 6.85 m
Triple jump   (NGR) 15.18 m   (UGA) 15.05 m   (NGR) 14.70 m
Shot put  Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 20.17 m   (EGY) 19.57 m   (NAM) 16.96 m
Discus throw   (EGY) 60.46 m  Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 56.96 m   (NAM) 42.77 m
Javelin throw   (ETH) 64.67 m   (EGY) 58.62 m   (NGR) 58.07 m
Octathlon   (EGY) 5360 pts   (NGR) 4820 pts   (MRI) 4566 pts

Girls[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres[nb1]   (NGR) 11.87  Prenam Pesse (TOG) 12.25   (ETH) 12.41
200 metres   (NGR) 24.13  Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 24.45   (ETH) 24.76
400 metres  Edidiong Ofonime Odiong (NGR) 54.46   (NGR) 54.81   (BOT) 55.52
800 metres   (ETH) 2:05.05   (ETH) 2:06.04   (NGR) 2:06.59
1500 metres   (ETH) 4:27.61  Eva Cherono (KEN) 4:28.47   (ETH) 4:29.96
3000 metres   (KEN) 9:17.52   (KEN) 9:17.69   (ETH) 9:19.41
100 metres hurdles   (EGY) 14.04   (NGR) 14.73   (NGR) 14.75
400 metres hurdles  Glory Onome Nathaniel (NGR) 62.04   (NGR) 62.92   (MAR) 64.99
2000 metres steeplechase   (KEN) 6:24.52   (KEN) 6:30.64   (ETH) 6:42.18
Medley relay[nb2]  Ethiopia (ETH)



Kore Tola		 2:13.55  Zimbabwe (ZIM)



 2:22.33  Morocco (MAR)



 2:23.83
5 km walk   (ETH) 29:31.01   (ETH) 29:48.00   (NGR) 30:20.88
High jump  Rhizlane Siba (MAR) 1.80 m   (NGR) 1.65 m   (ETH) 1.65 m
Long jump   (EGY) 5.63 m   (NGR) 5.63 m  Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 5.52 m
Triple jump   (NGR) 12.56 m   (BUR) 11.90 m   (EGY) 11.79 m
Shot put   (NGR) 14.46 m   (EGY) 13.61 m   (BEN) 12.93 m
Discus throw   (EGY) 42.40 m   (EGY) 36.66 m   (BEN) 21.32 m
Hammer throw   (EGY) 61.52 m   (EGY) 56.01 m   (MRI) 47.70 m
Javelin throw   (NGR) 44.33 m   (ETH) 40.35 m   (EGY) 36.31 m
Heptathlon   (EGY) 4604 pts   (NGR) 4463 pts   (MAR) 4028 pts

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria*1291233
2 Egypt86216
3 Ethiopia712726
4 Kenya54211
5 Gambia2002
6 Eritrea1113
7 Morocco1045
8 Burkina Faso0101
 Togo0101
 Uganda0101
 Zimbabwe0101
12 Benin0022
 Mauritius0022
 Namibia0022
15 Botswana0011
 Mozambique0011
Totals (16 nations)363636108

Doping notes[]

  • nb1 nb2 nb3 Cecilia Francis, the women's 100 m silver medallist and medley relay gold medallist for Nigeria (alongside , Edidiong Ofonime Odiong and ), was tested for drugs at the competition and gave a positive for anabolic steroids. Her results at the event were annulled per IAAF rules and she was banned for one year.[8] The case also resulted in a lifetime ban for her coach Abass Rauf, who took the athlete to a doctor for an injection but refused to tell Francis what the substance was. A four-year ban was also given for 1968 Olympic champion Lee Evans, who was acting as her consultant at the time.[9]
  • nb4 As a result of the above incident, in the women's 100 metres Togo's Prenam Pesse was upgraded to second place and Ethiopia's Suraj Neima Sefa moved up to third place. In the medley relay, the silver and bronze medallists, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, were promoted to gold and silver medal positions, respectively. Morocco was upgraded from fourth to third in the medley relay. In the medal table, Togo and Zimbabwe moved up from joint 14th to joint 8th.

References[]

  1. ^ 2013 Calendar Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  2. ^ Uduaghan Decries Underutilisation of Warri Stadium Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. ThisDayLive (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ 26/03/2013 AYAC 2013: Warri ready for Africa – Uduaghan Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  4. ^ 28/03/2013 African Youth Championships Day 1 : preview : changes in the program Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  5. ^ 26/03/2013 1st African Youth Championships, Warri 2013 Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  6. ^ 31/03/2013 Full results of the 1st African Youth Championships Archived June 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics (2013-03-31). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Minshull, Phil (2013-03-31). Kenya's Chepwogen, Jepkemei and Biwott impress at African Youth Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  8. ^ Doping sanctions - News 151 . IAAF (2014-05-27). Retrieved on 2014-06-27.
  9. ^ Wharton, Dave (2014-04-01). American track coach Lee Evans banned in PED case involving a minor. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2014-06-27.
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